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Ranger Naturalist Service is a Work Progress Administration, or WPA[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration] poster from the 1930's depicting the Old Faithful geyser[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Geyser] erupting at Yellowstone National Park[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone].
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Ranger Naturalist Service is a Work Progress Administration, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration WPA] poster from the 1930's depicting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Geyser Old Faithful] erupting at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park].
  
This particular poster, among other fantastic examples of American propoganda artwork that originated under the WPA, is noteworthy as it served as the stylistic inspiration fot the 2005 Shepard Fairey work entitled [[Greetings from Iraq]].
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This particular poster, among other fantastic examples of American propoganda artwork that originated under the WPA, is noteworthy as it served as the stylistic inspiration for the 2005 Shepard Fairey work entitled [[Greetings from Iraq]].
  
'''Ranger Naturalist Service:''' [[Image:Ranger_naturalist_service.jpg]]
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'''Shepard Fairey's "Greetings from Iraq":''' [[Image:obeyiraq.jpg]]
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 12 April 2008

Ranger Naturalist Service is a Work Progress Administration, or WPA poster from the 1930's depicting Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone National Park.


This particular poster, among other fantastic examples of American propoganda artwork that originated under the WPA, is noteworthy as it served as the stylistic inspiration for the 2005 Shepard Fairey work entitled Greetings from Iraq.

Ranger Naturalist Service

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